Always a riddle in the world she said Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing to wonder the way we come to be Oh it's a big old place for me, it's a big old world indeed Everyone is killing me and everything conspires Oh in dreams I have watched it spin See a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in Oh in dreams I have lain in sin Just to be the cracked and the cared for How can I ask, ask for more? Always a riddle in the world she said Always a riddle inside my head Always a thing to wonder in the way come to be Oh it's a big old world for me It's a big old world indeed Kicking my heels and wondering how I've been here so long Oh in dreams I have watched it spin See a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in Oh in dreams I saw aesop's kin Just a carcass of a man, now alone inside his skin Where to, where to begin? I live alone I live a lonely without you And I may be troubled but I'm gracious in defeat And I may be troubled but I'm gracious in defeat